Shaw Festival 2023
Our 2024 season is sure to be a loverly time for all! After much careful consideration and deliberation, we are thrilled to finally be announcing our 2024 season. We can't wait to welcome audiences back to The Shaw for what promises to be a charming roster of productions with something to satisfy everyone. Not only do we have beloved family-friendly classics, we also have knee-slapping farce, sharp wit, gripping mystery, and poignantly powerful modern takes on classical works. This season is sure to be one to remember. So, without further ado … FESTIVAL THEATRE Lerner and Loewe's MY FAIR LADY Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Music by Frederick Loewe Adapted from Bernard Shaw's Play and Gabriel Pascal's Motion Picture Pygmalion SHERLOCK HOLMESAND THE MYSTERY OF THE HUMAN HEART By Reginald Candy Based on characters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS By Richard Bean Based on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni With songs by Grant Olding Royal George Theatre. WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION By Agatha Christie. THE SECRET GARDEN A Play with Songs Based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett Adapted for the stage by Jay Turveyand Paul Sportelli THE ORPHAN OF CHAO (Lunchtime One-Act) Adapted by Michael Man Based on the classical Chinese drama by Ji Junxiang. CANDIDA By Bernard Shaw Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre. THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT STAND By Marcus Gardley. SNOW IN MIDSUMMER By Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig Based on the classical Chinese drama, The Injustice to Dou E that Moved Heaven and Earth, by Guan Hanqing Spiegeltent. Enter a secret world of glamour, beauty, and pleasure. Our 1920's 'mirror tent' is the perfect venue for cabaret: listen to music, soak up the atmosphere, catch someone's eye in their reflection … our cabaret space, alive with music and performance of all kinds. Holiday Season. A CHRISTMAS CAROL By Charles Dickens Adapted and originally directed by Tim Carroll. Lerner and Loewe's MY FAIR LADY Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Music by Frederick Loewe Adapted from Bernard Shaw's Play and Gabriel Pascal's Motion Picture Pygmalion. Extended through the holidays! Guarantee your tickets to Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady
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Gabriella Sundar Singh and Julia Course in The Importance of Being Earnest (2022). Photo by Peter Andrew Lusztyk.

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